Give the C to Gorges

Gorges is great, but I'm also a big fan of Gionta, Gionta gets unfairly grouped into the class of GOmez and Cammalari, who are obviously overpaid and float for the most part out on the ice. I even think Cammalari gets a bit undeserved bashing for one bad season, last year he did well and has had two great playoffs in a row. For the people wanting to give the C to Gorges, i ask, how long until you will be replacing him?

i like Gionta too, it's just that for me the captain should be the one who puts his body on the line every night without a second thought, the guy who will do everything to win and protect the integrity of his teammates and his team........... the captain should be the guy that is willing to anything that is asked of him for the greater good of the team and to me gorges is the best teamplayer on this team.

I did. Hence why I adopted this nickname. Still, if I had to make a list about who are my favorite players on the Habs, I would have Price, Subban, Eller, Plekanec, Emelin and Kostitsyn before him. Markov too but that's another story. Just to show I don't have much of a bias towards Gionta or Gorges.

I love what Gorges brings to this team. Dude blocks shots with every single part of his body. He's a beast on the PK and plays vs opponent's best lines every night. No doubt, he's a leader.

The only thing is Gionta was given the captaincy, led by example and was well liked by almost everyone. Then, he has an average start, gets injured and everyone wants him out or you get this type of thread...

I did. Hence why I adopted this nickname. Still, if I had to make a list about who are my favorite players on the Habs, I would have Price, Subban, Eller, Plekanec, Emelin and Kostitsyn before him. Markov too but that's another story. Just to show I don't have much of a bias towards Gionta or Gorges.

I love what Gorges brings to this team. Dude blocks shots with every single part of his body. He's a beast on the PK and plays vs opponent's best lines every night. No doubt, he's a leader.

The only thing is Gionta was given the captaincy, led by example and was well liked by almost everyone. Then, he has an average start, gets injured and everyone wants him out or you get this type of thread...

I guess the same could've been said for Jacques Martin eh :/

yay i kinda figured out about the username

gionta is a good leader and his leadership looks missed.
I see gorges being a captain in the future when gionta is gone

You dont just give it to him. Gionta hasn't done anything to lose it, and judging by all reports, the guys respect gionta, and he deals with the media well. That's enough.

I'm sure gorges would be fine with it as well, but lets not over-value the C either. I wont go so far as to say its a prop, but if you can handle the media, and you are respected by your teammates, then there's no reason for it to change hands.

I'm not a fan of Gionta as captain. He's representative of Martin's era, aka the Dump-and-Change era. No more of that.

At 5m I'd rather have a bunch of other players than Brian Gionta.

Also, wasn't there the rumor that the guys in the lockerroom were annoyed that Gionta would side with Martin's (obviously flawed) gameplan instead of speaking up? This team is built on talent and speed (which, yes, we have a ton of) and Martin wanted to play a stupid defensive losing system and Gionta was its advocate and linchpin.

I think a lot of people don't like the silent leaders. A leader doesn't need to be the most vocal guy in the room, he has to lead by example and Gionta is that type of leader. Gorges is definitely the next captain but Gionta is a great captain, IMO.

Sure. I was merely pointing out how stupid it is to say Gorges shouldn't be captain because Gionta is captain. Nobody gives any relevant reasoning here aside from you (so far)

So, out of curiosity, and ignore this if someone has brought it up already, but if Gorges is this AWESOME leader that is much better than Gionta... why is it he can't exercise his leadership in Gionta's absence and take over and rally the troops around him ? The team didn't fall apart like this when Gionta was in the line up.

I was going to point this out but without the Gionta absence bit. Great leaders don't need a C stitched onto their uniform to be great leaders. Gorges already will be a good leader regardless of said letter. Leadership isn't the issue with this team, the issues in no particular order are the following:

I don't know if Gorges is a good candidate to be the captain. Does he have any experience as a captain?

He played his junior hockey with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL, where he helped the Rockets to a Memorial Cup championship in 2004 as their captain. He was also the captain for the WHL in the Canada-Russia challenge in November 2003.

He played his junior hockey with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL, where he helped the Rockets to a Memorial Cup championship in 2004 as their captain. He was also the captain for the WHL in the Canada-Russia challenge in November 2003.